Oly XA-2 Battery

[Ronald Bishop]

    I just aquired another XA-2 yesterday, it had a single 3v {dead}battery in it. I didn't know that these were still available.  I had to go to Radio Shack for something and I'll be darned, they sell  the proper one for the camera. Sort of exspensive. About double of the 1.55 s that I have always used in these cameras.  I did buy one.
     So-- does the camera still work OK with 2  1.55 stacked batteries or will it do better with the single 3v ?

[Julio1fer]

My (late) XA2 worked with two button batteries. Best camera ever for pocket service.

[perfectagain]

The manuals for all of the XA series (XA,  XA2, XA3, XA4) all say two button batteries.  That's all I have ever used, and I have a number of the cameras.  The two batteries work fine, are easily available and are cheap.  I buy them in groups of 10 or so on eBay since I have a number of cameras which use them.  Great cameras.

Dave

[Ronald Bishop]

With tax and all I paid almost $11.00 for the single battery.
   At a Winco food store I bought a pack of 3 357 button batteries for under $4.00
It is too bad that I opened the single, I would have taken it back to Radio Shack.
    The only reason that I bought the single is because the fresh from Value Village XA-2 had one in it.
    I have had a few of these the last couple of years { sold them here on site} and never seen a single battery application before. BTW- I have 2 of them now, both with the A-11 flash.